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Sergei Bubka

(1963) Pole Vaulter

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Sergei Bubka is a pole vaulter, best known for Metry po vertikali.

Quick Facts About Sergei Bubka

Born: December 4, 1963
Profession: Pole Vaulter
Notable works: Metry po vertikali

About Sergei Bubka

Serhiy Nazarovych Bubka is a Ukrainian former pole vaulter. He is the 1988 Olympic Champion, a record six-time consecutive World Champion, a record four-time World Indoor Champion, the 1985 European Indoor Champion, the 1986 European Champion and a seven-time IAAF Grand Prix Final Champion. Bubka broke the world record in men's pole vault a record 35 times, and was the first pole vaulter to clear 6.0 meters and 6.10 meters, holding the indoor record of 6.15 meters from 1993 to 2014 and outdoor record of 6.14 meters from 1994 to 2020.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Sergei Bubka

My main idea was to create a sports facility for the basics. This is why I established the club.

Basics

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I am alone, some people help me, but, basically, I can do what I want.

I can

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Today I have 35 people who work in the club and associated businesses.

Associated

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The pole vault is a very complicated event, there are many things involved.

Complicated

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I have bought pole vault equipment, the landing areas, posts, which costs a lot of money. We pay for coaches.

Areas

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And, of course, method is very important as is a high-quality specialist (trainer) working with you to keep you going in the…

High quality

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I think that, generally, you need to live with your sport 24 hours a day.

Hours

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Even now I want to keep my amateur spirit, to spend my time, to be in the sport with all my heart.

Heart

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People come from around the world and can understand each other without even speaking the same languages!

Around the world

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I began with track and field because this is what I know.

Track

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The strategy of my coach and me was that we looked at pictures of all the best pole vaulters from around the…

Around the world

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We started with that, basically to help kids, and then we created a pole vault school, which is part of the club…

Basically

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Often you need to take some risk, but it must be a realistic risk, you can't take a crazy risk.

Crazy

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You need to work very hard, you have to spend a lot of time practicing your sport - six to seven hours…

Hard

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Of course, the psychological part, the tactics, is very important.

Course

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I decided to create a sports club during the Soviet times. It was my dream.

Decided

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First do it, then say it.

Action

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I love the pole vault because it is a professor's sport. One must not only run and jump, but one must think.…

Day life

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My policy was just to give good things for sports in my region.

Good thing

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I think that focusing on the money, on the business, is not enough.

Business

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I have spoken with many former athletes, and they tell me the best time they had was in sports. I listen to…

Best time

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Sports life is very short.

Life

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The Olympics are always a special competition, it is very difficult to predict what will happen.

Competition

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What is nice about this sport is that I am responsible for most everything.

About

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